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1 ALS to Messenger Monsey and 1 AL to Thomas Percy, 1762 Sep 11, and 1774 [no month] 17.

Creator:
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800.
Published / Created:
1762 Sep 11 and 1774
Call Number:
Osborn c405
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript, in several hands, containing two letters written by Elizabeth Montagu. The first letter, signed by Montagu and addressed "To Doctor Monsey," admonishes the recipient's attachment to "Miss B," warning him, "Do not sadden your retirement & ...
Description:
Binding: cloth covered boards; blue morocco spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
Subject (Name):
Montagu,--Mrs.--(Elizabeth),--1720-1800. and Percy, Thomas,--1729-1811.
Subject (Topic):
Letters and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1 ALS to Messenger Monsey and 1 AL to Thomas Percy, 1762 Sep 11, and 1774 [no month] 17.

2.
A Montreal ce 3 Juillet 1757

Published / Created:
1757 July 3
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 352
Collection Title:
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville letters and report on the French and Indian War, 1756-1757
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Describes Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's voyage to Canada, the situation at Montreal, plans for an expedition southward, his relationship to Montcalm, and news of the war.
Description:
In pencil on [p. 1]: [erased notations].
Subject (Geographic):
Canada --History --1755-1763, Five Nations, and United States --History --French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Subject (Name):
Bougainville, Jean-Pierre de, 1722-1763 and Montcalm de Saint-Veran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A Montreal ce 3 Juillet 1757

3.
A Montreal ce 4 Juin 1756

Published / Created:
1756 June 4
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 352
Collection Title:
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville letters and report on the French and Indian War, 1756-1757
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Describes Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's voyage to Canada, the situation at Montreal, plans for an expedition southward, his relationship to Montcalm, and news of the war.
Description:
In colored pencil on [p. 1]: 9.
Subject (Geographic):
Canada --History --1755-1763, Five Nations, and United States --History --French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Subject (Name):
Bougainville, Jean-Pierre de, 1722-1763 and Montcalm de Saint-Veran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A Montreal ce 4 Juin 1756

4.
A concise view of Oregon Territory, its colonial and Indian relations; compiled from official

Creator:
White, Elijah, 1806-1879
Published / Created:
1846
Call Number:
Zc74 846wi
Image Count:
42
Alternative Title:
American settlement of Oregon (continued)
Publisher:
T. Barnard, Printer
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Oregon --Description and travel, and Oregon --History --To 1859
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America --Oregon and Law --Oregon
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A concise view of Oregon Territory, its colonial and Indian relations; compiled from official letters and reports, together with the organic laws of the colony, by Elijah White ...

5.
A letter to the President of the United States, touching the prosecutions, under his patronage

Creator:
Hampden.
Published / Created:
1808.
Call Number:
Kingsley Misc. Pamphlets 17
Image Count:
28
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Hampden is a pseudonym. Attributed to David Daggett or Noah Webster. Cf. Gaines.
Publisher:
Printed by Oliver Steele and Co.,
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Politics and government--1801-1809.
Subject (Name):
Backus, Azel,--1765-1817., Backus, Azel,--1765-1817--Trials, litigation, etc., Daggett, David, 1764-1851., Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826., Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826., United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit), and Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
Subject (Topic):
Amer tracts--1808. and Trials (Seditious libel)--Connecticut.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A letter to the President of the United States, touching the prosecutions, under his patronage, before the Circuit Court in the District of Connecticut : containing a faithful narrative of the extraordinary measures pursued, and of the incidents both serious and laughable, that occurred, during the pendency of these abortive prosecutions / by Hampden.

6.
A letter written during the Civil War, in which many St. Louis people are mentioned / [Jas. O

Creator:
Churchill, James O
Published / Created:
1909
Call Number:
Zc26 909ch
Image Count:
14
Alternative Title:
War papers and personal reminiscences and Wounded at Fort Donelson
Description:
Caption title on p. 3: Wounded at Fort Donelson. By Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jas. O. Churchill.
Publisher:
The Writer
Subject (Geographic):
United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Personal narratives
Subject (Topic):
Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A letter written during the Civil War, in which many St. Louis people are mentioned / [Jas. O. Churchill]

9.
AL to George Gordon

Creator:
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Published / Created:
1927 Aug 3
Call Number:
OSB MSS 18
Collection Title:
Wilkinson papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 11
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):
University of Oxford--Intellectual life and Wilkinson, Cyril Hackett, 1888-1960
Subject (Topic):
Learning and scholarship--Great Britain and Scholars--Great Britain
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > AL to George Gordon

10.
ALS to Dr. Charles Burney, 1796 Jul 18.

Creator:
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
Published / Created:
1796 July 18
Call Number:
Osborn c596
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Autograph letter to his son detailing his approval of and pleasure in Fanny Burney's novel Camilla. Burney judges it to contain "better writing & deeper thinking than in either of her former novels" and praises it as "the best & most impressive system...
Description:
Accompanied by: typed description on the stationery of James F. Drake, Inc.
Subject (Name):
Burney family., Burney, Charles,--1757-1817., and Burney, Fanny,--1752-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Women authors, English--18th century. and Women--Intellectual life.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ALS to Dr. Charles Burney, 1796 Jul 18.

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